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. >> so dianne feinstein was brought up i think five times in that interview. do you think this line of attack is going to work for the n perform a, piling on california lawmaker, from that state? pinches i think we have to take up all the issues. they mass killings have to stop and we have to do everything we can. it will include looking at how many bullets do you need in a magazine in a semiautomatic weapon? i don't know, but i'd like all the hunters to come to the table as well as the people who live in cities who do not want guns and want gun controls. we had need a real dialogue, not just a one-sided one. we need to talk about xbox 360, wii, and the games, how far down into children they're getting. we need to talk about movies. we need to talk about the rating sims, what's in pg and pg-13 are pretty violent. i think we just have a culture we need to address in its totality if we're going to take people who are clearly mentally ill and try to give them help earlier. i thought charles crowdhammer, who is a psychiatrist, had a point, where it's harder to com
. >> so dianne feinstein was brought up i think five times in that interview. do you think this line of attack is going to work for the n perform a, piling on california lawmaker, from that state? pinches i think we have to take up all the issues. they mass killings have to stop and we have to do everything we can. it will include looking at how many bullets do you need in a magazine in a semiautomatic weapon? i don't know, but i'd like all the hunters to come to the table as well as the...
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jay carney has just said that the president does support dianne feinstein's assault weapons ban, the rewritten ban that has expired. she was the original sponsor of that amendment back in 1994. speaking about the budget deals and all the negotiations back and forth, the president has put on the table a new plan that would raise the level of those exempted from $250,000 to $400,000. the speaker says that that is not good enough. the president has also put on the table several other items which includes changing the way the cost of living increase is calculated. the so-called chain cpi. already knocked down by a whole number of more progressive or liberal groups sending out emails just in the last couple of hours, so the cost of living adjustment, also the payroll tax cut extension is not in this offer. there will be a two-year debt ceiling increase, an extension to give them a two-year window on that, and the extension of unemployment benefits. what about this latest white house proposal because already we hear from a lot of democrats that it's a nonstarter. do you think you could sel
jay carney has just said that the president does support dianne feinstein's assault weapons ban, the rewritten ban that has expired. she was the original sponsor of that amendment back in 1994. speaking about the budget deals and all the negotiations back and forth, the president has put on the table a new plan that would raise the level of those exempted from $250,000 to $400,000. the speaker says that that is not good enough. the president has also put on the table several other items which...
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coming from dianne feinstein. she is top democratic senator and chairs the intelligence committee for her to said on monday what she said it has to be coming from the white house ranks gives a lot of people concern. >> yeah. it absolutely does and it should and it should be addressed. unfortunately in today's political environment when you're going to get attacked for that statement the way she was and lanced onto a campaign she will have to walk it back. megyn: she wasn't attacked. she was cited. >> yeah, i don't think she wanted to be cited. i don't think what she meant the president committed treason. >> that is nobody said that. >> mitt romney led you to believe that in his speech. >> led you to believe. listen what he actually said is not what you represented today. he betrayed our national security. ask the saudis whether -- >> thinks comments were disgusting and he should take them back. >> is that right? >>. >> warn you right now, chris, he is off american soil he better watch what he says about this presi
coming from dianne feinstein. she is top democratic senator and chairs the intelligence committee for her to said on monday what she said it has to be coming from the white house ranks gives a lot of people concern. >> yeah. it absolutely does and it should and it should be addressed. unfortunately in today's political environment when you're going to get attacked for that statement the way she was and lanced onto a campaign she will have to walk it back. megyn: she wasn't attacked. she...
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sn>> and joining me now is senar dianne feinstein, intelligence committee chair. is america safe, can we be sure an attack like that will never happen again? >> we can be be sure we've made many changes and learn some very hard lessons, andrea. one of the big changes is all the stove pipes are down, intelligence is red teamed, the fbi now has a national security branch, staffed by 10,000 people. i mean how could it be that people were learning how to fly planes and not land. these were the kinds of things they would look out for. and as bob mueller said in open session to us, we've had 20 attempts at the last year and every one of them has been stopped. i think that's good news. so we have learned. we have a counterterrorism center that specializes now in threats to the homeland. we have a director of national intelligence to provide coordination over the 16 different intelligence agencies. no longer are they their own spheres, they're part of a network. there have been changes and we have learned hard lessons. >> how important is the killing yesterday in yemen of
sn>> and joining me now is senar dianne feinstein, intelligence committee chair. is america safe, can we be sure an attack like that will never happen again? >> we can be be sure we've made many changes and learn some very hard lessons, andrea. one of the big changes is all the stove pipes are down, intelligence is red teamed, the fbi now has a national security branch, staffed by 10,000 people. i mean how could it be that people were learning how to fly planes and not land. these...
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feinstein. i am just wondering, congressman mccarthy, if this is old thinking in a new time? she has been pushing for an assault weapons ban and in an nra-dominated congress has not been able to get it passed, but now the country seems to be experiencing a seismic shift, people speaking out perhaps in the silence of the nra and pro- and politicians, 900 exceptions? >> if you really look at some of the guns, and i know for a fact her staff in working with judiciary, they have been looking at all of these guns. you have to understand some of these guns, especially some that are semi-automatic, cannot be fitted to the attack these large capacity clips. this bill is quite different from the one passed in 1994. it is going to be more of modernized. i do not even like the idea of saying it is a renewal. this is an introduction of a bill that has caught up to the times. you have to remember something, amy. when we pass that bill, and i was not in congress at that time, i was an activist down here basic
feinstein. i am just wondering, congressman mccarthy, if this is old thinking in a new time? she has been pushing for an assault weapons ban and in an nra-dominated congress has not been able to get it passed, but now the country seems to be experiencing a seismic shift, people speaking out perhaps in the silence of the nra and pro- and politicians, 900 exceptions? >> if you really look at some of the guns, and i know for a fact her staff in working with judiciary, they have been looking...
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feinstein and mike rogers and others from the intelligence committee are say, because they are demanding a special prosecutor and demanded the justice department, and the head of the national intelligence and the head of the directors to say that details from the national security meetings and the prior bush years as well were all believed leaked. david sanger would tell you that it is his reporting and that clearly the world knew as of 2010 that it became apparent to the iran and the rest of the world that the worm had infected the centrifuge, and that is when we all first started to suggesting that it must have been israel maybe with the u.s. help, but what sanger had was the work of a really fine report. >> and let me go out to you and david with something that worries me, because i'm an american citizen besides sitting here and i worry about war and in court they say, david, never ask a question unless you know the answer. never start a war unless you know the consequences. it seems we don't know the consequences. i ran through some scenarios that suppose israel did cripple the progr
feinstein and mike rogers and others from the intelligence committee are say, because they are demanding a special prosecutor and demanded the justice department, and the head of the national intelligence and the head of the directors to say that details from the national security meetings and the prior bush years as well were all believed leaked. david sanger would tell you that it is his reporting and that clearly the world knew as of 2010 that it became apparent to the iran and the rest of...
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feinstein, democrat chairman of the committee on intelligence just made in the last 24 hours where she said the white house has to be clear, they have to understand the leaks, these national security leaks, these devastating national security leaks, are coming from within their own ranks, from within the white house's ranks. governor romney will talk about that today, particularly when speaking to veterans who obviously leaks about sensitive national security matters, intelligence matters, is something they quite understandably would worry about. he's going to continue to call for the white house to come clean on this and for there to be a special counsel appointed to get to the bottom of this. >> the obama administration has said that it is going to punish anyone who is responsible for these leaks, and has appointed two investigators, two prosecutors, i should say, from the justice department to investigate. >> they have appointed two political appointments, that are appointed by -- they're already working and appointed by attorney general holder and president obama. they're president
feinstein, democrat chairman of the committee on intelligence just made in the last 24 hours where she said the white house has to be clear, they have to understand the leaks, these national security leaks, these devastating national security leaks, are coming from within their own ranks, from within the white house's ranks. governor romney will talk about that today, particularly when speaking to veterans who obviously leaks about sensitive national security matters, intelligence matters, is...
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dianne feinstein on the phone today. is that enough? why not go after the ban, the legislation? mrs. feinstein said she will have have ready the beginning of the next session. >> it is not enough, you're right. but it is also true no single act will be able to resolve or eliminate the possible tragedies happening in the future. we need a closing gun show loophole. we need better background checks and we limit or restrict high-capacity magazine clips. we need to do more gun control and i think the public is willing to take that step. now, you saw the poll that they mentioned earlier, 54%. and almost member of the democratic party supports that and really not a lot of political liability for focusing on this issue right now. and it's a lot of fear keeping democrats from doing this. i worked in the clinton administration. after clinton did the assault weapons ban, people thought democrats should never focus on this issue. guess what, democrats. we dropped the ball. we didn't push on this issue so busy trying to get a president-elected and we let go of one of the fundamental issues.
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democratic senator dianne feinstein said her heart dropped when she read the story. third, the kill list somebody told the "times" that president obama has an actual terrorist death list and the leaks were designed to make the president look like a tough guy. the one thing all these leaks have in common is the "new york times." now attorney general eric holder has assigned two justice department officials to investigate if national security was compromised. the problem is many people don't believe holder will do anything that might embarrass his close friend barack obama. this needs a special counsel. someone entirely independent of the justice department. i have grace respect for the two individuals that were appointed but this if is and it certainly is the most egregious breach of intelligence in anybody's memory. >> bill: wow. now for his part the president is satisfied that his close friend eric holder can find the leakers. >> we have mechanisms in place where if we can root out folks who have leaked they will suffer consequences. the notion that my white house w
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and it will ban the same for big clips, drums or strips of more than ten bullets. >> dianne feinstein's from california, michael bloomberg is from new york city. a lot of the calls for gun control legislation in this country are coming from folks who are in urban areas, talk to me a little bit about to the difficulty in the past, the difficulty that you have had convincing some lawmakers in rural parts of this country, to take up your cause. >> well, i want to talk about some of the agreement first. because the american people agree on this issue much more than our leaders in congress. i mean 74% of nra members and gun owners support having background checks for all gun sales. right now, only 40 -- sorry, 60% of gun sales take place with a background check. so we have huge disagreement there among gun owners, nongun owners, blue states, red states, we need to see that sort of agreement on capitol hill. the people are there, we need to follow the will of the people. >> i do think sometimes there's a tremendous chasm on how guns are viewed in places like chicago, new york and california,
and it will ban the same for big clips, drums or strips of more than ten bullets. >> dianne feinstein's from california, michael bloomberg is from new york city. a lot of the calls for gun control legislation in this country are coming from folks who are in urban areas, talk to me a little bit about to the difficulty in the past, the difficulty that you have had convincing some lawmakers in rural parts of this country, to take up your cause. >> well, i want to talk about some of the...
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feinstein quick to criticize and they had a news conference to respond to the nra and i read from the police report from 1999 and she was noting that at columbine there were two armed guards that could not stop the killers. let's listen to that, and then, mark, i want to get your response to that. >> there were two armed law enforcement officers who twice engaged the shooters at columbine. that didn't prevent 15 from being killed and 23 wounded. >> mark, you know, the nra, we all know here in this conversation. it's been so powerful for so many years, in another day and age, lawmakers and the public might have listened to what he said yesterday, but this is now. what is different here in terms of his call for arming schools? will even be listened to? >> richard, normally the pr 101 is a group that seems to be under siege and of course, the nra was attracting a lot of negative attention and you typically make a concession or two, even if it's a fig leaf, just to be able to strike the right tone and make sure you're not on the wrong side of public opinion and on the wrong side whof hold
feinstein quick to criticize and they had a news conference to respond to the nra and i read from the police report from 1999 and she was noting that at columbine there were two armed guards that could not stop the killers. let's listen to that, and then, mark, i want to get your response to that. >> there were two armed law enforcement officers who twice engaged the shooters at columbine. that didn't prevent 15 from being killed and 23 wounded. >> mark, you know, the nra, we all...
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we want him to reinstate the assault weapons ban, strengthen dianne feinstein, we want him to close the gun show loopholes, we want him to ban the sale and manufacture of assault weapons like those alleged hunting weapons used in the massacre and ammunition that people can buy to be limited. you cannot buy any amount of fertilizer, sudafed you want, but you can buy unlimited ammunition. we want common sense laws like mayor bloomberg is proposing. >> common sense. other people on the right would call that a big wish list to try to get some of that done. and moments ago, senator john d. rockefeller, he introduced legislation to impact of violent video games and other content on children's well-being. so much of our focus is on guns. do you think violent video games and the hollywood influence and news media influence, our coverage of wars over the last 12 years, is that a red herring to how our kids have been pickled in images these days, or are they really part of this problem and the chemistry to be blamed here? >> you know, i think it is a red herring. video games are worldwide. yet th
we want him to reinstate the assault weapons ban, strengthen dianne feinstein, we want him to close the gun show loopholes, we want him to ban the sale and manufacture of assault weapons like those alleged hunting weapons used in the massacre and ammunition that people can buy to be limited. you cannot buy any amount of fertilizer, sudafed you want, but you can buy unlimited ammunition. we want common sense laws like mayor bloomberg is proposing. >> common sense. other people on the right...
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. >> to make that point, someone no less than senator dianne feinstein, who is chairman of the senate intelligence committee, today issued a statement saying, and i'm quoting her, i very much regret the resignation of david petraeus as director of the cia. this is an enormous loss for our nation's intelligence community and for our country. this is a huge loss, is it not? >> reporter: and dianne feinstein, who is as you mentioned the chairman of the senate intelligence committee, said she would have fought for petraeus if petraeus had chosen to try to stay. but this obviously was a very personal decision by general petraeus. one must add given the sensitivity of the position he held, one that could not be said to be unexpected now that we know the facts. and another irony there is here we have general petraeus, if you recall during the iraq surge when it was first proposed when he first came before congress, there were many on the left who ridiculed what they saw as the escalation, the unwise escalation of -- >> i remember that very well, mike. >> and they called him general betray-ou
. >> to make that point, someone no less than senator dianne feinstein, who is chairman of the senate intelligence committee, today issued a statement saying, and i'm quoting her, i very much regret the resignation of david petraeus as director of the cia. this is an enormous loss for our nation's intelligence community and for our country. this is a huge loss, is it not? >> reporter: and dianne feinstein, who is as you mentioned the chairman of the senate intelligence committee,...
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senator dianne feinstein will be on "andrea mitchell reports" today at 1:00 p.m. eastern time. >>> as i said, we are going to have the danbury, connecticut mayor coming up, mark boughton, who knew the principal of sandy hook elementary school. our big question today is does the right to bear arms trump the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness? coming up, a chance to speak with republican congresswoman nan heyworth of new york to find out what she thinks. first, a live look at capitol hill. flags flying at half staff to honor victims of friday's school shooting. they will be lowered until tomorrow at sunset. begin. tomato, obviously. haha. there's more than that though, there's a kick to it. wahlalalalallala! smooth, but crisp. it's kind of like drinking a food that's a drink, or a drink that's a food, woooooh! [ male announcer ] taste it and describe the indescribable. could've had a v8. stop! stop! stop! come back here! humans -- we are beautifully imperfect creatures living in an imperfect world. that's why liberty mutual insurance has your back w
senator dianne feinstein will be on "andrea mitchell reports" today at 1:00 p.m. eastern time. >>> as i said, we are going to have the danbury, connecticut mayor coming up, mark boughton, who knew the principal of sandy hook elementary school. our big question today is does the right to bear arms trump the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness? coming up, a chance to speak with republican congresswoman nan heyworth of new york to find out what she thinks. first,...
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. >> sure you're aware, congressman that senator dianne feinstein said on this morning's meet the appreciation the first day of the new congress, she is going to introduce a new bill into the senate and another introduced into the house banning assault weapons. will you vote in favor of that bill? >> yes, i will. the assault weapons ban should never have expired and i'm going to vote for t i don't see the difference in selling assault weapons and selling scud missiles. both are instrouchlts war. there is no reason for that, we don't infringe on the constitution by banning weapons that are designed to murder human beings and not to do it even in a war situation. i do think we have to be very careful about just assuming that reinnsing out the assault weapons ban will solve our problems. we have this perverted propensity to pack pistols. we also have a nation that is so involved with violence that it is seen as fun. look at the video games. look at how we talk about t there mult policity of things that need to be addressed and if dealing with an assault weapons ban is the first thing and others t
. >> sure you're aware, congressman that senator dianne feinstein said on this morning's meet the appreciation the first day of the new congress, she is going to introduce a new bill into the senate and another introduced into the house banning assault weapons. will you vote in favor of that bill? >> yes, i will. the assault weapons ban should never have expired and i'm going to vote for t i don't see the difference in selling assault weapons and selling scud missiles. both are...
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senator dianne feinstein says the first day of the new congress she will introduce the assault weapons ban. and senator joe lieberman is getting more support for the idea of creating a special commission to explore solutions in the wake of this sandy hook school shooting. let me bring in shara toplets who has been writing about this. they want to ban high capacity magazines but we heard this before, frankly, degette introduced this bill in 1998. how much support is it likely to get? >> this is a tough one for congress to pass. representative carolyn mccarthy who has been affected shootings, her husband and son were killed on a long island railroad before she ran for congress, she's always been a big advocate of banning the high capacity magazines. and in the wake of the shooting of gabrielle giffords, she also submitted legislation that would do the same thing. and, frankly, it didn't really go anywhere. it is a very hard thing to pass through the house, especially because republicans obviously control the house. and the incoming house judiciary chairman indicated to one of our reporte
senator dianne feinstein says the first day of the new congress she will introduce the assault weapons ban. and senator joe lieberman is getting more support for the idea of creating a special commission to explore solutions in the wake of this sandy hook school shooting. let me bring in shara toplets who has been writing about this. they want to ban high capacity magazines but we heard this before, frankly, degette introduced this bill in 1998. how much support is it likely to get? >>...
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. >>> another senator, dianne feinstein of california, set an election-day record after receiving the most votes ever for a u.s. senator. nearly 7.3 million. >>> well, will rick santorum run again in 2016? he tells "the weekly standard" he's, quote, open to it. >>> former president jimmy carter now 88 years old is back in haiti to help rebuild 100 new homes after the devastating earthquake there. it is his second trip there in the past year. >>> and finally, "politico" reports jill kelley, the supporting character in the petraeus scandal, has been stripped of her title as an honorary consul for south korea. she was using the title for personal gain, and that means she won't be able to make calls like this anymore. >> i am an honorary consul-general, so i have inviolability. i don't know if you want to get diplomatic protection involved as well. >> and that's your morning dish of "scrambled politics." >>> now for a tuesday morning check on wall street. the dow closed at 12,967 after falling 42 points yesterday. the s&p lost 2, but the nasdaq gained 9. in overseas trading, the nikkei ad
. >>> another senator, dianne feinstein of california, set an election-day record after receiving the most votes ever for a u.s. senator. nearly 7.3 million. >>> well, will rick santorum run again in 2016? he tells "the weekly standard" he's, quote, open to it. >>> former president jimmy carter now 88 years old is back in haiti to help rebuild 100 new homes after the devastating earthquake there. it is his second trip there in the past year. >>> and...
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it's not coming to their desk. >> of course, dianne feinstein, whose rise in politics occurred partly, partly because of harvey milk's assassination. we talk about gun control, a lot of these people, lot of politicians have been, you know, have been affected by it personally and are passionate about it but can't do anything about the national climate. we'll have more when we come back. thanks, chris cillizza, mark halperin. the politics of gun control. this is new york state. we built the first railway, the first trade route to the west, the greatest empires. then, some said, we lost our edge. well today, there's a new new york state. one that's working to attract businesses and create jobs. a place where innovation meets determination... and businesses lead the world. the new new york works for business. find out how it can work for yours at thenewny.com. i bought the car because of its efficiency. i bought the car because i could eliminate gas from my budget. i don't spend money on gasoline. it's been 4,000 miles since my last trip to the gas station. it's pretty great. i get a bunc
it's not coming to their desk. >> of course, dianne feinstein, whose rise in politics occurred partly, partly because of harvey milk's assassination. we talk about gun control, a lot of these people, lot of politicians have been, you know, have been affected by it personally and are passionate about it but can't do anything about the national climate. we'll have more when we come back. thanks, chris cillizza, mark halperin. the politics of gun control. this is new york state. we built the...
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>> yeah, well gavin newsom, nannies pelosi, dianne feinstein we are all getting together. see the bridge behind me? we are trying to bridge the divide, all of us. we are working hard. we are trying to do an intervention. >> bill: laura and i are making this up. nancy pelosi would never under any circumstances -- >> i'm happy to have dinner with nancy pelosi. it would be fun, i'm sure. >> bill: that would be great. >> yeah. catholic to catholic, right, bill? , mano on mano. >> bill: plenty as the factor moves along this evening. marks the 50th anniversary of the james bond series. kardashians get a big new tv contract. what does that say about american culture. the culture warriors will weigh in. we hope you stay tun >> bill: culture warrior segment tonight, i often site americans who don't know very much about their country. sometimes i say watching programs like jersey shore, the kardashians can make you dim. now, i know some smart people watch those programs for diversion and you can pay attention to your country and consume mindless entertainment as well. however, polls
>> yeah, well gavin newsom, nannies pelosi, dianne feinstein we are all getting together. see the bridge behind me? we are trying to bridge the divide, all of us. we are working hard. we are trying to do an intervention. >> bill: laura and i are making this up. nancy pelosi would never under any circumstances -- >> i'm happy to have dinner with nancy pelosi. it would be fun, i'm sure. >> bill: that would be great. >> yeah. catholic to catholic, right, bill? , mano...
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even if you had that, you had that for ten years when dianne feinstein passed that ban in '94, it was on the books. column buy occurred right in the middle of it. it doesn't make any difference. i know this town wants to argue about gun control. i don't think that's what will work. >> what's your reaction? >> we don't deal with gun control specifically, but i can tell you we do a lot of work on incarceration. we know we as a society pay to incarcerate people who perpetrate gun violence. there are plenty of people in prison who are not criminals, who were caught up in emotion and the only crime they ever committed was a crime of passion. you know, if there hadn't been a gun present, if they weren't able to have access to a gun, it's hard to say. to say that it's an individual right is to ignore there's a huge social cost for all of us, not just in terms of victimization, but for instance, the cost of incarceration. we really need to look at this with a broader lens. >> assault weapons ban, some are saying it didn't work in '94 as lapierre is saying, and that's because manufacturers wer
even if you had that, you had that for ten years when dianne feinstein passed that ban in '94, it was on the books. column buy occurred right in the middle of it. it doesn't make any difference. i know this town wants to argue about gun control. i don't think that's what will work. >> what's your reaction? >> we don't deal with gun control specifically, but i can tell you we do a lot of work on incarceration. we know we as a society pay to incarcerate people who perpetrate gun...
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you had that for ten years when dianne feinstein passed that ban in '92. it was on the books. columbine occurred right in the middle of it. it didn't make any difference. >> here with me now is james florio, former democratic governor of new jersey, now senior fellow for public policy and administration at rutgers university. thank you very much for being here with us today. >> thank you. >> were you one of the first -- you were the first governor in the country to pass an assault weapons ban. that was back in 1990. what do you upon hearing these claims from the nra after the latest school shooting? >> well, the nra just works from the assumption that a small cadre of people like them that are really true believers and committed can overwhelm the public interest. what we have to do sen gage the general public, get them involved and get them informed and that can prevail. the big problem is there's too many guns and he's arguing we should have more guns in the school and everything else. doesn't make a whole lot of sense. they also work with the assumption that when the public
you had that for ten years when dianne feinstein passed that ban in '92. it was on the books. columbine occurred right in the middle of it. it didn't make any difference. >> here with me now is james florio, former democratic governor of new jersey, now senior fellow for public policy and administration at rutgers university. thank you very much for being here with us today. >> thank you. >> were you one of the first -- you were the first governor in the country to pass an...
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here are the number of women running for reelection starting with dianne feinstein, debbie stabenow, and look at the women candidates that may end up the democratic nominees in wisconsin. tammy baldwin, shelly berkeley, elizabeth warren in massachusetts. there was some talk of recruiting shelly pingry in maine, that didn't happen. it does seem clear to me that democrats realize this is their road to stay in control. >> well, democrats realize it, but women realize how important it is. and i think with as many polarized candidates and polarized issues in people that are out there in this campaign season, women tend to buck that trend. they are more fair-minded, they are even tempered and that's what people need to realize in washington that folks are willing to buckle down and get work done. >> as a woman candidate running in the early '90s and, you know, i'd say almost a full generation ago. what were the obstacles in the south that you face that you think women now are not facing. >> well, i think regionally it is different as a woman. but i also think that back when i ran first and
here are the number of women running for reelection starting with dianne feinstein, debbie stabenow, and look at the women candidates that may end up the democratic nominees in wisconsin. tammy baldwin, shelly berkeley, elizabeth warren in massachusetts. there was some talk of recruiting shelly pingry in maine, that didn't happen. it does seem clear to me that democrats realize this is their road to stay in control. >> well, democrats realize it, but women realize how important it is. and...
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>> yeah, well gavin newsom, nannies pelosi, dianne feinstein we are all getting together. see the bridge behind me? we are trying to bridge the divide, all of us. we are working hard. we are trying to do an intervention. >> bill: laura and i are making this up. nancy pelosi would never under any circumstances -- >> i'm happy to have dinner with nancy pelosi. it would be fun, i'm sure. >> bill: that would be great. >> yeah. catholic to catholic, right, bill? , mano on mano. >> bill: plenty as the factor moves along this evening. marks the 50th anniversary of the james bond series. kardashians get a big new tv contract. what does that say about american culture. the culture warriors will weigh in. ♪ [ slap! ] [ slap! slap! slap! slap! ] [ male announcer ] your favorite foods fighting you? fight back fast with tums. calcium rich tums goes to work in seconds. nothing works faster. ♪ tum tum tum tum tums laces? really? slip-on's the way to go. more people do that, security would be like -- there's no charge for the bag. thanks. i know a quiet little place where we can get s
>> yeah, well gavin newsom, nannies pelosi, dianne feinstein we are all getting together. see the bridge behind me? we are trying to bridge the divide, all of us. we are working hard. we are trying to do an intervention. >> bill: laura and i are making this up. nancy pelosi would never under any circumstances -- >> i'm happy to have dinner with nancy pelosi. it would be fun, i'm sure. >> bill: that would be great. >> yeah. catholic to catholic, right, bill? , mano...
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. >> what fueled the speech is what the chair, senator dianne feinstein, a democrat said. let's watch this. >> i think the white house has to understand that some of it is coming from its ranks. i don't know specifically where. but i think they have to begin to understand that and do something about it. i mean there's one book they can read and they'll see it very clearly. >> now, what senator feinstein then said yesterday in issuing a statement is she does not want to be part of the romney campaign attack and resents being used that way. but there is a concern with them on the hill that some of the books that have been written clearly had to have white house sourcing. >> again, this is why think the president has been so clear and the attorney general that these investigations must follow the fact trail, wherever they lead. it's clear that the president did not authorize these leaks. he takes it very seriously and he's actively and aggressively trying to get to the bottom of exactly what happened. at the sam time in the romney speech yesterday, we heard a number of things
. >> what fueled the speech is what the chair, senator dianne feinstein, a democrat said. let's watch this. >> i think the white house has to understand that some of it is coming from its ranks. i don't know specifically where. but i think they have to begin to understand that and do something about it. i mean there's one book they can read and they'll see it very clearly. >> now, what senator feinstein then said yesterday in issuing a statement is she does not want to be part...
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among the critics of these leaks have been a couple of prom negligent democrats, including senator dianne feinstein who had this exchange with wolf blitzer. >> are you saying you're not ruling out the possibility that journalists like david sanger of "the new york times" who was here in the situation room yesterday, that they should be prosecuted as a result of this classified information being released? >> well, don't put words in my mouth. >> i want to just clarify that. >> well, i didn't say that. >> a little sobering to see this debate on television whether you should be prosecuted for publishing the story. >> yeah, a little bit. but look, there's a reason that we publish stories like this. "the new york times" is here as many newspapers are to publish stories about issues of public interest. you just had a panel on here who was saying all we've been doing is doing shiny objects and horse race and so forth and so on. some of that has got to get covered. we've got a big election and that's all interesting and important stuff. so is how barack obama has pursued the most important issues
among the critics of these leaks have been a couple of prom negligent democrats, including senator dianne feinstein who had this exchange with wolf blitzer. >> are you saying you're not ruling out the possibility that journalists like david sanger of "the new york times" who was here in the situation room yesterday, that they should be prosecuted as a result of this classified information being released? >> well, don't put words in my mouth. >> i want to just clarify...
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you had that for ten years when dianne feinstein passed that ban in '94. it was on the books. columbine occurred right in the middle of it. it didn't make any difference. i know this town wants to argue about gun control. i don't think it's what will work. >> adam lanza may not have been able to shoot as many people if he didn't have such ammunition? >> i don't buy that argument. >> it's not possible? >> so many different ways he could have done it. endless amount of ways a monster can do it. >> joining me now is one mom who is taking on the nra, shannon watts, founder of one million moms for gun control. a big welcome to you. thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >> i know you've studied this issue in depth. so i knew you were listening there to wayne lapierre. what's your reaction to what he just said? >> well, i think a commonsense question is why are we asking someone who profits from the proliferation of guns and ammunition to give us advice on how we can be better protected from guns? it's just not common sense. it's a little bit like the fox guarding the henhouse. as mom
you had that for ten years when dianne feinstein passed that ban in '94. it was on the books. columbine occurred right in the middle of it. it didn't make any difference. i know this town wants to argue about gun control. i don't think it's what will work. >> adam lanza may not have been able to shoot as many people if he didn't have such ammunition? >> i don't buy that argument. >> it's not possible? >> so many different ways he could have done it. endless amount of...
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i understand democratic senator dianne feinstein is jumping on this. >> the leadership with both parties and the house and the senate who are in charge of intel and really keyed in on the issues saying they have really concerns about the number of leaks that have been coming out related to the high national security issues. whether it's the drone strikes or details that related to the radio that took osama bin laden. what we read in the paper and what is being talked about, there needs to be a careful look and they will have the director of national intelligence and john mccain is calling for hearings and where is this coming from and are they doing enough to clamp down on leaks? that can be a violation of the law if officials with knowledge tell reports and make public the sensitive things. >> on capitol hill, kelly, thanks very much. up next, that battle for control of congress. democrats have a climb to take back the house and california may have made it a little steeper. congressman steve israel joins me next. first a look ahead at the president's schedule. john boehner let people kn
i understand democratic senator dianne feinstein is jumping on this. >> the leadership with both parties and the house and the senate who are in charge of intel and really keyed in on the issues saying they have really concerns about the number of leaks that have been coming out related to the high national security issues. whether it's the drone strikes or details that related to the radio that took osama bin laden. what we read in the paper and what is being talked about, there needs to...
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. >> dianne feinstein has talked a lot about that, but she's tied those 2.1 million people on unemployment benefits of her concern about a contraction, a contraction in this economy that is so fragile right now. are you concerned at all, even though people may not see it or feel it in january, are you concerned about things like consumer confidence and people stopping spending? >> absolutely. in the case of up employment compensation, you're talking about money millions of families will not have. will that have an impact on the economy? certainly. and consumer confidence is a big issue. so i hope that we can avoid going over the cliff. but the republicans in the senate have dominated the negotiations in 2010, 2011, right now we are in a standoff for the middle class. >> senator, always good to see you and thank you for talking with us tonight. >>> american's frustration with congress may well be summarized in this simple statement. in terms of output, the 112th congress has been the least effective in decades. in part, because of the rising influence of the tea party. that's ahead when our
. >> dianne feinstein has talked a lot about that, but she's tied those 2.1 million people on unemployment benefits of her concern about a contraction, a contraction in this economy that is so fragile right now. are you concerned at all, even though people may not see it or feel it in january, are you concerned about things like consumer confidence and people stopping spending? >> absolutely. in the case of up employment compensation, you're talking about money millions of families...
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california democratic senator dianne feinstein who is expected to introduce gun control legislation in january called the nra idea a quote distraction. jamie? job and family jail-time what about republicans. >> one senator suggests that the federal government should not be the ones helping to set up armed guards in schools program. take lafn. >> i would not want a national earth to say you have to do this at schools. i think local education decisions are best made at the local level. >> senator who says is he a quote strong supporter of second amendment rights maintains that the solutions to shootings like the one in connecticut will be found in families, faith, communities and in medicine. jamie? >> all right. we hope the solution is found. molly, thank you. well, for many 6 those families in newtown, connecticut, this is a heart-breaking christmas. can you imagine one without your loved ones if they died in that elementary school massacre? >> every single second that i think of newtown and i think of every parent who lost a child whether they celebrated christmas, hanukkah or anythin
california democratic senator dianne feinstein who is expected to introduce gun control legislation in january called the nra idea a quote distraction. jamie? job and family jail-time what about republicans. >> one senator suggests that the federal government should not be the ones helping to set up armed guards in schools program. take lafn. >> i would not want a national earth to say you have to do this at schools. i think local education decisions are best made at the local...
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we interviewed senator dianne feinstein last night about her push to renew the assault weapons ban. now, we hear another perspective. virginia senator mark warner is a democrat who received an "a" rating from the national rifle association. welcome. we heard that yesterday after the shootings in newtown, you said that this was a game-changer. what do you mean by that? >> well, gwen, i'm a strong second amendment rights supporter. i own firearms. on my farm i've actually got shooting range. but friday afternoon my daughters, who had all come home from college said, "dad, you know, how did this happen? and what are you going to do about it?" just as a father, the horror of what happened in connecticut coming on the heels of tragedies at virginia tech years before, the tragedy in colorado and it seems like about every six or nine months one of these incidents happening in america makes me say, you know, enough is enough. there's got to be a rational way to sort through this. i'm not saying i've got a perfect piece of legislation. i don't think there is a single perfect piece of legisla
we interviewed senator dianne feinstein last night about her push to renew the assault weapons ban. now, we hear another perspective. virginia senator mark warner is a democrat who received an "a" rating from the national rifle association. welcome. we heard that yesterday after the shootings in newtown, you said that this was a game-changer. what do you mean by that? >> well, gwen, i'm a strong second amendment rights supporter. i own firearms. on my farm i've actually got...
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this is not about trying to ram through dianne feinstein's legislation. that's not going to happen. >> no. >> you have to change the conversation by building a movement, and that movement should not be to utopian. we're not going to ban handguns. that's not going to happen, but what we can do is get rid of these absolutely ridiculous reg -- laws that allow you to buy weapons on the internet. >> 40% without any background checks. julian you were going to say? >> very much agree with jonathan. i think friday was the saddest day this country has experienced since 9/11 and i think it wouldn't be inappropriate for the president to do a prime time address to the nation. your point about violent video games and other cultural factors here, yes, those are factors, but they are supplemental factors, not substitutes for the discussion about guns. as you pointed out in france, germany, uk, japan, south korea, all places that have maybe 100 gun homicides or so roughly a year, all of those video games are present. you don't see any of that gun carnage. similarly, if y
this is not about trying to ram through dianne feinstein's legislation. that's not going to happen. >> no. >> you have to change the conversation by building a movement, and that movement should not be to utopian. we're not going to ban handguns. that's not going to happen, but what we can do is get rid of these absolutely ridiculous reg -- laws that allow you to buy weapons on the internet. >> 40% without any background checks. julian you were going to say? >> very much...
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that's why three senators, dianne feinstein, karl levine, and john mccain wrote to the head of sony pictures to protest what they call the film's grossly inaccurate and misleading suggestion that torture helped the united states capture and kill the world's most wanted terrorist. joining us now is msnbc contributor jimmy williams and toure, my colleague and the co-host of "the cycle." toure, the director and the screenwriter both say that "zero dark thirty" is not an endorsement of torture. mr. boll also points out the film is not a documentary and shouldn't be judged as such. but isn't that slightly disingenuous given the fact that for something like 38 minutes at the beginning of the film, there are relentless scenes of enhanced interrogation, to use -- for want of a better phrase -- which then a name pops out and he's the guy that leads to bin laden. >> well, it is disingenuous because the film makes a point of going after authenticity. he say they talked to people who really know what really happened. so they're trying to get this almost documentary-like reality, realism. so to say now,
that's why three senators, dianne feinstein, karl levine, and john mccain wrote to the head of sony pictures to protest what they call the film's grossly inaccurate and misleading suggestion that torture helped the united states capture and kill the world's most wanted terrorist. joining us now is msnbc contributor jimmy williams and toure, my colleague and the co-host of "the cycle." toure, the director and the screenwriter both say that "zero dark thirty" is not an...